Norway News » Finnmark News Norway » Finnmark: LAVDAS: Advancing nationwide wetland mapping
State-of-the-art technology is providing a far more precise picture of Norway’s wetlands. The LAVDAS project is testing new mapping methods to reveal the location of Norway’s peat bogs and fens.
News Norway » Finnmark: Norway’s Finnmark brigade to boost Arctic border defense, reevaluate training limits
Major General Lars Lervik is strengthening the Norwegian Army in Finnmark. (Atle Staalesen/The Independent Barents Observer) Norway’s new Finnmark Brigade will closely cooperate with Finnish forces ...
News Norway » Finnmark: Norway to invite Ukraine instead of Russia to mark 80th anniversary of Finnmark's liberation from Nazis
The authorities of Norway's region of Finnmark will send an invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the region's eastern part from ...
News Norway » Finnmark: Norway beefs up military presence in Finnmark
The Defense Minister on Friday announced the new structure of the army and the home guard. The plan pays special emphasis on northern Norway. In Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost region, gets a full ...
News Norway » Finnmark: Reindeer herders battle power line needed for Norway’s climate goal
It is minus 6 degrees Celsius in Arctic Norway and some 30 Indigenous Sami herders have gathered 1,500 reindeer in a corral, sorting who owns which animal after the herds mixed while grazing up on the ...
News Norway » Finnmark: Forces: Fighting For Finnmark
May 16, 2019: Norway is increasing its military forces along its 193 kilometer border with Russia. This buildup comes eight years after Russian did the same on its side of the border. On the Norway ...